re: WTF is going on in Donaldsonville!?

Donaldsonville is exactly what the people who own the majority of the town wanted. They own the majority of the land, the farms, etc. No reason it could not be as or more prosperous than the Eastbank they have everything there. It is a mindset of the whole town not just the poor. The people who ran Donaldsonville brought in cheap labor and have made money off of them for years until all the government programs developed and then they were stuck with the results. Try driving LA 1 from Plaquemine to Thibodeaux after 10 at night and you will see that the same has occurred along Bayou LaFourche for the last 40 years. Anyone who could; has moved away or further out.